Oh dear, someone has leaked The Expendables 3 online before its release

Stallone has reunited the Expendables gang for a third time (Picture: Lionsgate)

It’s not due in cinemas until August 14 – but an awful lot of people have apparently already seen Expendables 3 after it was leaked online ahead of release.

According to reports the film – whose all-star cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and Antonio Banderas – has been downloaded more than 189,000 times from illegal file-sharing services in the space of just 24 hours.

And there are now concerns that the downloads could hurt the film’s chances at the box office when it opens next month – particularly since the movie’s target audience, young males, are also those most likely to find their evening’s viewing on file-sharing sites.

There is also suggestion that the copy doing the rounds – reported to be of DVD quality – could well have been downloaded millions of times before the film is released in cinemas.

It’s not the first time the franchise has fallen foul of pirates, with producers Nu Image slapping 23,000 BitTorrent users with a lawsuit in 2011 amid claims they had illegally downloaded the first movie.

The third instalment in the bonkers but seriously cool action series sees the team get back together to take on one of The Expendables’ co-founders, a ruthless arms trader called Stonebanks (played by Mel Gibson).

And in case you can’t wait until August 14 to get your Expendables fix, the trailer below should give you a taster.